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Mr. Barnett graduated from Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Illinois in 1966. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Loyola University, Chicago, and received the degree of Juris Doctor in May 1974.
Mr. Barnett served as law clerk for the Honorable Frank J. McGarr, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois from September, 1974 to September, 1976.
In September, 1976, Mr. Barnett joined the office of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. He served there until February, 1982, under United States Attorneys Samuel K. Skinner, Daniel K.Webb, and Thomas P. Sullivan. From 1976 until 1978, Mr. Barnett served in the civil division representing agencies such as the Army Corps of Engineers, the Internal Revenue Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service in various civil litigation matters. From 1978 until 1982, Mr. Barnett served in the criminal division handling trials and appeals involving various federal offenses including income tax violations, narcotics trafficking, counterfeiting, and mail and wire fraud.
In 1982, Mr. Barnett joined the firm of Biggam, Cowan, Marquardt and Lunding, where he handled a variety of civil litigation matters primarily in the Circuit Court of Cook County. In 1984, Mr. Barnett left BCM&L to join the Chicago Office of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as Senior Trial Attorney, where he served until March 1991. There his responsibilities included supervision of and investigation and trial of violations of the Commodity Exchange Act.
From March 1991 until October 1993, Mr. Barnett was engaged in criminal litigation as a partner in the firm of Durkin, Morgan, Roberts, Barnett and Bley. Thereafter, until joining Durkin & Roberts in 2009, Mr. Barnett has practiced criminal law and civil litigation as a sole practitioner. During this time, Mr. Barnett has also served as a panel attorney with the Federal Defender for the Northern District of Illinois. Mr. Barnett has defended persons accused of numerous federal criminal offenses, including white collar crime, tax fraud, complex narcotics conspiracies, and others.
Notably, in 1999, Mr. Barnett represented defendant Eddie Richardson in an appeal to the United States Supreme Court arising out of a multi-defendant seven-week long narcotics conspiracy and continuing criminal enterprise prosecution. After briefing and arguing the case, Mr. Barnett was ultimately successful in obtaining the reversal by the Supreme Court of the continuing criminal enterprise conviction. United States v. Eddie Richardson, 119 S.Ct.1707 (1999). Mr. Barnett's Supreme Court argument was referred to as "an inspiring piece of lawyering" by the distinguished Barry Tarlow, contributing editor of the RICO Report of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. RICO Report, November, 1999.
Mr. Barnett is admitted to practice in the State of Illinois, 1974; the Northern District of Illinois, including trial bar, 1974; the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1976; and the United States Supreme Court, 1978.
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Thomas Anthony Durkin
Janis D. Roberts
William A. Barnett, Jr.
Augustus F. Moss
Mr. Barnett
Direct Line: 312.981.0135
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